17' Series Wet canvas/bed ends

[Bigben]

Hi
I've just bought 17.56-2 jayco expanda outback, currently we are travelling the great ocean road and have come across some wet weather, I unpacked the bed ends today and noticed the front bed canvas was wet, rain has been steady all day and canvas seams are wet, does anyone have a solution for keeping canvas dry. We are continuing tomorrow and concerned about folding up bed ends wet and getting beds wet..they are already damp along edge. Any suggestions appreciated
cheers

 

[Jennymay]

Did you cure the canvas by wetting it down then drying it out a few times before you left? There is also canvas water proofing spray you can buy which might help.

 

[Holden_man]

Hi bigben,
welcome to the forum. Here is a recent post that may help.
http://www.expandasdownunder.com/threads/wet-mattresses-from-rain.3388/#post-45881

the other thing that would help is end covers, though not much help to you right now. If you search end covers, you should find a fair bit of reading. Some make there own, others buy them.

hope that helps a little, nice and dry here in Brissy.

 

[crustt]

Where are you? I'm in Apollo Bay, I do canvas work.

 

[Huffo04]

Hi Ben I hope you got that sorted nothing worse than water getting in! For some unknown reason , at some stage we had a foam pool noodle in our van and my wife (who has all the good ideas, just ask her) put it between the canvass and the mattress. That definitely kept the mattress dry by keeping it away from the canvass. That is no full term fix, but it helped us on the run. We have a plastic end cover now

 

[Grover]

I'm in the same situation but I don't wont to pay $1000 for 2 waterproof sides my first idea I used shower curtain double sided tap kept coming of but this was a spare if the moment thing I'm chasing some plastic sail track to put just inside of hard lid once I put this in place ill get some vinyl material sew up to thread through sail tack the only tricky part is getting the measurements right for the vinyl I suppose probably get away with $250 both sides I reckon

 

[StevoPX]

hi new member here, is this a big problem with expanda's? That plastic idea sounds good.

 

[Grover]

If it has canvas on the ends canvas gets wet and anything that touches it get wet also like bedding mattress best bet is to get bed ends made up theirs alot of ways to do it I've learnt the hard way I've just spent $1000 trying to make my own its better material though but holidays annex is the way to go I reckon to order some up

 

[macca]

hi new member here, is this a big problem with expanda's? That plastic idea sounds good.

I don't think it is a big problem, just added protection. Search the site, there are many methods of what members have done.

 

[Nesspop]

Hi, We didnt have the issue of our bedding getting wet. But hubby, always felt the drought & cold coming through the canvas. So I purchased 1 meter by 2 meter length from Clarke Rubber & cut it to the shape of the bed. Works a treat, keeps the whole panda warmer. The foam roll was $30 a roll, so $60 for both beds. Only downfall is having to put them up each time (between the matress & canvas.

 

[jvp]

Hi Nesspop
I gather you insert foam between the mattress & canvas. I am interested in your idea.How thick is the foam, How high up the canvas does it stand & is it special foam ?
Many thanks
jvp

 

[Nesspop]

Hi jvp,

It is a blue roll out camping (bed) foam approximately 5 mm thick. And yes we put it between the mattress & canvas. The hight could be anything you want, I cut ours to cover the whole side wall, which stops the light, cold & wet. I am going to set it up to take a photo on the weekend, as requested by another member, so you can see Friends of ours have also done this to their expander & love it.

 

[jvp]

Thanks Nesspop.
A photo would be great.
I think I need your system too.
jvp

 

[Nesspop]

here are some pictures of how we stay warm & dry in our Panda

 

[macca]

Hmm, Is it just me but I cant see any photos!

 

[jvp]

I would love to see the photos please.
Many thanks
jvp

 

[Nesspop]

Foam around out bed

 

[Nesspop]

Hmm, Is it just me but I cant see any photos!

sorry had issue resizing the photo

 

[Nesspop]

this is one piece at the head of the bed. foot has another. Both meet in the middle of the mattress. Near where the bar is over the bed

 

[Adam G]

Looks good nesspop! I've done a similar thing but instead of camping matt I've sewn some cotton fabric together with a piece of open cell foam inside, basically a quilt. I made three pieces to the right shape, one for each of the three canvas walls.